Editing Your Moving Picture

Select the original video clip, copy it, and paste it at the end of the original clip.

Select the pasted section and set it to play backwards. (In iMovie, open “Window” -> “Clip Adjustments” and check the “Reverse” box where it says “Direction”.)

Now you have a loop of one forward and one backward repetition.

To make a longer loop, copy both clips and paste them at the end of the first loop. Repeat this until the loop is as long as you want.

Showing Moving Pictures in a Frame

Now to show off your tricksy moving picture!

Save or export your moving pictures as one of the file types your digital frame supports (.avi, .mov, etc.), then upload the file to the frame.

Set the frame to play video. To show one moving picture continuously, set the frame to repeat (this is the default on many frames, including Kodak’s M820). It will keep playing your moving picture until you tell it to stop.

If you want to show multiple pictures, edit each one until the is loop as long as you want (say 5 minutes), then load all of them into the digital frame and set it to play video. The frame will play each loop, then move on to the next one.

Showing Moving Pictures on Your Computer

You say you don’t have a digital frame?

That’s okay — you can show moving pictures on your computer instead.

Just play the moving picture full-screen on your computer. Set your computer to never go to sleep, and it’ll just keep playing the clip over and over.

If you have trouble playing the moving picture, load it into iTunes, add it to a playlist and set it to repeat. Then play the moving pictures full screen, and you have an instant digital frame.

Sharing Moving Pictures

Want to share your moving pictures?

Upload them to Vimeo, Flickr or YouTube so your peeps can see them and save copies for themselves.